Conor Oberst (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)

Conor Oberst released his eighth studio album, Salutations, via Nonesuch Records in March. He’s about to launch a tour this week, and he will arrive in DC for a show at 9:30 Club on Wednesday, July 26. You can win tickets to see him with Parklife DC.

Conor’s new album is a reworking of his previous album, Ruminations, where he gives bigger treatments to that album’s 10 songs and introduces seven more.

“If nothing else, Salutations is a fascinating look at the changes that come from collaboration and evolution in a studio setting versus the isolation in which these songs were born. Instead of relying solely on piano, acoustic guitar, and harmonica, Oberst and company employ accordions, organs, strings (of both the orchestral and fiddle varieties), and ethereal sound collage elements to build up these tracks and give them a unique character,” said Andrew Bloom in a review for Consequence of Sound.

Watch the official music video for “Barbary Coast (Later)” by Conor Oberst on YouTube:

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Parklife DC is giving away a pair of tickets to see Conor Oberst at 9:30 Club. To win, simply leave a comment on this blog. You can leave any comment, but we would like to know your favorite song by Conor.

For the rules of this giveaway–

Comments will be closed at 5pm on Friday, and a winner will be randomly selected. The winner will be notified by email. The winner must respond to our email within 24 hours, or they will forfeit their tickets and we will pick another winner. We will email you instructions on claiming your ticket. Good luck!

If you don’t win, buy your tickets online.

Conor Oberst
w/ Hop Along
Wednesday, July 26
Doors @ 7pm
$36
All ages